Kevin's Watch

I think Nepal looks like my notion of what the Westron Mountains must look like....

A Cyber-friend of mine will be returning soon from a mountain climb and some philanthropic labor for regional kids. He's uploaded an over 14 minute video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTXBEtZLs5Q The images (some still photos, some video) include some spectacular mountain vista, and the music (which he also composed) seems appropriate.

If you've got the time to watch, I promise it's worth it.

Yup! That's the place!

I posted these a while ago. They're from a picture book about the Himalayas.

Here's a Haruchai girl:




This is her elementary school. (Obviously, it's not high school, where things were extreme and dangerous. They're only little kids, after all.)

that video gives me an extreme case of wanderlust.

Yeah, me too. Nepal is on my second-tier short list. Altho winter camping kinda sucks -- the picture of the fresh snowfall atop the tents made me shiver a little...

Cool stuff, TheGryphon.

Ja, no, I don't do ice and snow.

--A

aliantha wrote:...winter camping kinda sucks

In my time as a Scout leader, my fellow leaders and many Scouts tended to agree with my statement that "Winter camping is almost as fun as streaking through a blackberry bramble"...but the old-school Scouters certainly did not appreciate my saying this around the youth. They felt that winter camping was character-building.

Ah, an opportunity to paraphrase what SRD had Foamfollower say! "There are ample opportunities to refine the Scout's character when the Scout's body has no other choice..."

"Character building" indeed. :p

We'd go winter camping with the Girl Scouts, but we'd stay in a lodge with running water and a kitchen.